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Horse profile

Birdie Must Fly (GB)

5yo mare (at last run, Jan 2017) · Last trainer Jimmy Fox · Last owner R E Kavanagh
by Major Cadeaux (GB) out of Musical Day (GB) (Singspiel)
8 runs · 4 courses · from May 2014
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: GB, Ireland & France · 2005–present, updated daily
No run recorded since 17 Jan 2017 — 3,577 days ago. Our archive can't say whether the horse is still in training.
Last run Jan 2017 · 11th of 14 Last raced off OR 45
KTB Profile

Birdie Must Fly (GB) is yet to win from 8 starts.

Based on 8 archived runs · updated 4 Nov 2026
Official rating45↓ 6lb off peak
45 39–51

KTB Speed and Rating

KTB Speed

Best recent Speed 68 the best of the last 3 graded (A or B) runs · Kempton (AW), 17 Jan 2017

How fast the horse ran, as points against the day-corrected standard time for its course and distance: 100 is the median GB Class 4 handicap winner on that code; one point is 0.1% of the standard time. A, B or C is how much the day's card could tell us, not how good the run was. What this means →

Flat 3 figures · best 68B · median 66
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)368B66—
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f268B67—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Speed v1 · batch 15 Sep 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 3 figures from 3 runs · as at 3 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

KTB Rating

Best recent KTB Rating 47A the best of the last 3 rated runs · Kempton (AW), 17 Jan 2017 Official rating 45 at the last run, 17 Jan 2017

What the horse achieved in each race, in pounds on the official-rating scale, from the weight carried, the lengths beaten and the race's own level solved across the archive — never the market, never the official rating as a starting point. The headline is the best of the horse's last three rated runs on that code — its best recent day. The KTB Rating on a racecard is a different reading of the same figures: the level the horse has been running to, an average of up to its last six runs with the latest counting most, so the two can differ. A, B or C on a run is how much known form was in that race. What this means →

Flat 8 figures · best 47A · median 36.5
GoingRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
Standard (AW)647A36.5—
Good1———
Good to Soft1———
DistanceRunsBestMedianSince 4 Nov 2025
6f – 7f747A36—
1m – 1m1f1———

KTB Rating v1 · batch 3 Oct 2026 · GB & Irish racing only · 8 figures from 8 runs · as at 4 Oct 2026 · a record, not a forecast

Both figures are KTB's own, computed from the archive; no vendor rating enters either. Every run's figure is on its form line below with its grade. Grades measure how much the archive could see, never the merit of the run.

Run style is derived from in-running commentary, which our data provider does not supply for this horse's races.

Pedigree intelligence

Sire

Progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 1,360 runs since Apr 2013 (81 horses).

Strongest on good to firm going: 15% from 314. Weakest on good going: 6.3% from 288.

GoingRunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Firm10110%−0.6—
Good to Firm3144715%+4.4—
Good288186.3%−4.30 from 1
Good to Soft176179.7%−0.90 from 1
Soft149149.4%−1.2—
Heavy2813.6%−7—
Standard (AW)3954611.6%+10 from 6
Distance (all codes)RunsWinsSRvs sireThis horse
Under 6f338339.8%−0.8—
6f – 7f6026410.6%00 from 7
1m – 1m1f2302912.6%+20 from 1
1m2f – 1m4f1261713.5%+2.9—
1m5f – 2m4300%−10.6—
2m1f – 2m4f1417.1%−3.5—
2m5f – 3m700%−10.6—

Flat and jumps together (all codes) · since Apr 2013 · as at 4 Nov 2026 · rows under 30 runs muted · win % is the measure, a record not a forecast

Dam
Musical Day (GB) (Singspiel)

3 siblings in the archive, 1 winner — best of them Mindblowing (GB) (1 win).

The wins came over 1m; the highest grade won is Class 4 (Mindblowing (GB)).

ProduceRunsWinsWin tripsBest grade
Mindblowing (GB)311mClass 4
Daybreak Lady (GB)50——
Hit The Note (GB)30——

Record by conditions

GoingRunsWinsSR£1
Standard (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

ClassRunsWinsSR£1
Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00

CourseRunsWinsSR£1
Kempton (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00

DistanceRunsWinsSR£1
6f – 7f 7 0 0% −7.00
1m – 1m1f 1 0 0% −1.00

JockeyRunsWinsSR£1
Kieran O'Neill 5 0 0% −5.00
Tom Marquand 1 0 0% −1.00
Hollie Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00
Timmy Murphy 1 0 0% −1.00

HeadgearRunsWinsSR£1
None 7 0 0% −7.00
Blinkers 1 0 0% −1.00

SeasonRunsWinsSR£1
2017 2 0 0% −2.00
2016 1 0 0% −1.00
2014 5 0 0% −5.00

Splits include every sample, however small — muted rows are under 3 runs. A one-from-one record is a fact, not a trend: read the Runs column before the strike rate.

Form

DateCourseRace PosBtn Wgt ORSpdKTB Jockey SP
2017 · 2 runs
17 Jan 17+13d Kempton (AW) Racing UK HD Handicap Class 6 · 7f · Standard To Slow · 14 ran 11/14 hd 9-1 4568B47A Tom Marquand 66/1
04 Jan 17+28d Wolverhampton (AW) sunbets.co.uk Handicap (Div 1) Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 12 ran 9/12 8 8-10 4566A28A Hollie Doyle 66/1
2016 · 1 run
07 Dec 16+792d Kempton (AW) 32Red Casino Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 1m · Standard To Slow · 6 ran 5/6 2 9-1 3965A37B Timmy Murphy 66/1
2014 · 5 runs
07 Oct 14+25d Kempton (AW) Day Delegate Rates From 39 Nursery Class 6 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 12/13 2½ 8-7 45—14C Kieran O'Neill 50/1
12 Sep 14+72d Salisbury Bathwick Tyres Nursery Class 5 · 7f · Good · 10 ran 9/10 3¾ 8-4 51—29A Kieran O'Neill 50/1
02 Jul 14+21d Kempton (AW) Leonard Curtis/British Stallion Studs EBF Maiden Fillies' Stakes Class 5 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 10/10 6 9-0 ——36C Kieran O'Neill 50/1
11 Jun 14+11d Kempton (AW) Betbright Mobile Maiden Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Standard · 10 ran 10/10 1 9-0 ——44C Kieran O'Neill 33/1
31 May 14 Newbury Relyon Cleaning Newbury Maiden Auction Fillies' Stakes Class 5 · 6f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 7/14 2¼ 8-6 ——40A Kieran O'Neill 7/1

Quick answers

How many races has Birdie Must Fly won?
Birdie Must Fly (GB) has yet to win, from 8 archived starts between 2014 and 2017.
Who trained Birdie Must Fly?
Birdie Must Fly (GB) was trained by Jimmy Fox on the most recent run on record, at Kempton (AW) on 17 January 2017.
Who is Birdie Must Fly's sire?
Birdie Must Fly (GB) is by Major Cadeaux (GB) out of Musical Day (GB), whose sire is Singspiel.
What is Birdie Must Fly's official rating?
The most recent official rating on record is 45, from the run on 17 January 2017. The highest on record is 51.
What is Birdie Must Fly's sire's record?
Major Cadeaux (GB)'s progeny in our archive have won 10.6% of 1,360 runs since Apr 2013 (81 horses), Flat and jumps together. Strongest on good to firm going: 15% from 314. Weakest on good going: 6.3% from 288.
Who are Birdie Must Fly's siblings?
Out of Musical Day (GB), Birdie Must Fly (GB) has 3 other produce in our archive, 1 of them a winner. Most wins: Mindblowing (GB) (1). Highest grade won: Class 4 (Mindblowing (GB)). The wins came over 1m. As at Nov 2026.

Record shown from May 2014. Our archive holds racing in Great Britain, Ireland and France from January 2005. Any runs before that, or in other countries, are not in it. In-running comments are available from 2024 onward.